Why Mitchells vs the Machines is GREAT
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 6 ก.ย. 2024
- This video's content falls under critical or film studies. Predominantly containing discussions, deliberations, examinations, essays and analyses of the thematic integrity of works of visual artistic expression by ways of some subpar comedy.
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everyone: ohh, this is a "technology bad family good" movie with a generic one-word title
the movie itself: uno reverse!
also, the two main robots were golden
AGREED!! They made me laugh so much
Eric and Deborahbot5000
I high key thought the two robots were gay. That's how adorable and sass tastic they were
FACTS, i could feel the lego movie vibes frome them
I love them, theyre my babs now
I know you made a point about this, but still.
Aaron IS LITERALLY MY LITTLE BROTHER. Blonde hair. Loves dinosaurs to death. Talks about his favorites all the time. We went to a drive through dinosaur thing (they exist apparently???) and he pointed out inaccuracies in them!
Aaron is so relatable, precious and perfect, we must protect him at all costs.
Does he love you unconditionally and doesn't want to be sepaeated from you? Aaron was so adorably loving!
@@jshu-_- of course he does :)
Literally me as a child lol
Aaron was 5 year old me with any cat related animal from the smallest domestic cat to a ginormal sabertooth.
Let's just appreciate the fact that they decided to keep the original title rather than that lame "connected " title .
yes because we always need a generic one word title. thanks sony, almost ruined it
@@ericshwedo4033 yeah, The Mitchells vs. The Machines is a great title, very original and literally tells you what you're expecting
@@erichfiedler1481 I totally agree!
Lmao that was the og name?!
@@SomeName_AlsoHandlesSucc The original title was Connected, which really sucks honestly.
For a genocidal misanthrope hellbent on petty revenge, PAL was absolutely hysterical in every scene she was in
I actually kinda got sad when she died
@@imapotato7891 yeah I kinda hoped she and Mark would make up in the end.
"Put me on the table I wish to flop around in a blind rage."
@@AUBREY-ml4ex NO!! NOT A GLASS OF WATER!!!
@@HotBelgianWaffles "Watch what happens...when I turn off the wifi."
"The technology jokes are too overdone" they say as an army of Roombas fall down an escalator.
I loved that one because it seemed so obvious but for some reason none had done it before.
ow ouch ow why
There needs to be more roombas falling down escalators in movies. It's comedy gold.
o u c h o u c h o u c h t h e h o r r o r o u c h o u c h t h i s i s h u m i l i a t i n g
@@woot3478 *Steven Hawking intensifies*
One of my favorite parts were the subtitles for the Furbies when they attacked
"Behold the Twilight of Man." had me WHEEZING when I watched the movie.
*"Let the dark harvest begin!"*
@@cintronproductions9430 yes
Furby: Lovecraft Edition.
Collect them all.
Same!
To sum it up.
Dysfunctional family finds their function in their little quirks. They don't have to be their "opposite perfect family"
They are who they are
I think we can all agree the robots were the best part
@JACKSEPTICEYE'S DAD DESERVED IT LMFAO Nobody cares
@JACKSEPTICEYE'S DAD DESERVED IT LMFAO silence, child.
For a "dysfunctional family, The Mitchells actually appear a lot more functional and more like your everyday family, imo.
Family Guy and Simpsons are literal definition of "dysfunctional family".
@@ryantheanimator1156 yeah, they (the people working on the film) had intentionally said that the difference of wording from "making them stop fighting" to "trying to get along".
Edit: just rewording it so it makes more sense
My favorite moment of the family is when the mom goes back to save Deborahbot instead of leaving him. It shows that she already considered both of them family and not simple products.
i mean if i had a sentient being with feelings then i'd probably go back for it too.
@@Helloknight yes the boss of that tech company just tossed that phone away showing how he doesnt care while the motehr does care great character development because later in the movie instead of betraying the humans as the phone did the robots choose to help theire new found familie
@@mathijskuipers4783 I actually felt pretty bad for PAL seeing her being thrown away...
I think she saved Eric, not Deborah- but yeah, that’s my favorite moment!
Yes! I kept thinking throughout the movie "I would DIE for these beautiful robots". They were such fun and lovable characters, so it made me really happy to see the mom go back for one of them.
Her eyes for Soul: •●
Her eyes for Raya: •●
Her eyes for Mitchell's vs Machines: ⊙⊙
10
Fun Fact: She’s only used those eyes for (in order) Wish Dragon, The Mitchells vs. The Machines, Infinity Train, Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse, Coco, The Lego Batman Movie, Inside Out, Arthur Christmas, and Legend of Korra. That’s only been 9 movies.
@@joshuajoe1419 infinity train and legend of korra aren't movies.
@@jclkaytwo yeah and Infinity Train is actually good.
"Dog? Pig? Loaf of bread?!" I love how the robots suffer logic errors with that dog. Plus, the furby scene could have fit in a horror movie, honestly.
The Furby scene is even better with the subtitles on.
“We can tell the difference between Dogs, pigs, and bread”
I can’t even think about the Furby scene without snickering a bit.
*LET THE DARK HARVEST BEGIN!*
Did you have subtitles on? If not, go back and watch it again lmao. " *Behold the twilight of man* "
i love the part when the robots mock the new robots "what a suck up yEeSs mY qUEeN wHaTeVEr YoU wAnt mY qUeEn nAnHUnaNYaH"
I really like Katie and Aaron's relationship in this movie. Felt so refreshing to see siblings as friends and not just arguing for the sake of comedy.
BTW, Imma start doing the Raptor Bash to people! 😂
Yes! Although my little brother and I fight all the time, most of the time we really are just friends. It's cool to see our relationship almost perfectly represented here.
Izzy Rose
That's great!
Yeah. They only pick on each other but not in a mean spirited way. Like how Katie covers her brothers mouth to shout, “Aaron whispered to me that he hates dinosaurs now!” It’s just wholesome sibling play. Even when Aaron was rightfully upset with Katie, he doesn’t scream at her or yell at her or call her names or say she’s awful or show resentment or anger; he’s just disappointed in her and cried. And I love how Katie tried cheering him up and didn’t make excuses. They just worked together. They don’t realize they’re the best family, I mean, they could be like the willoughby’s.
"BTW, Imma start doing the Raptor Bash to people! 😂"
Dude! You have to be my sister! Like, after she saw the Raptor Bash thing, she did it multiple times whit me through the movie.
Knight At Your Service
Lol! Sorry I don't have any sisters! 😂😂
I did relate to Katie's story where you're going to your dream college (mine was animation college) and there was a lot of doubt from family members worried I couldn't make a living off it, but yeah in their case when they saw I was starting to make money off my online stuff, they started showing more support for it
well that’s good 😁
I felt that doubt with my family unsupportive of my artistic career and they still are and it’s killed my dreams it’s more a hobby now
I'm the little brother of a Katie who wanted to pursue a career in animation and went to an art school to learn. Unfortunately, she quit in the middle of her second year because of a variety of factors: learning animation is HARD and GETS HARD, and becoming distracted by the social aspects of college that she ended up neglecting her classes and homework.
I'm going through that now. My sis and mom sees I have way more passion with my art than business while my dad and his side of the family don't care about my passion, which causes a while lot of doubt in me.
This movie really hits some spots for me.
I related to Katie, being a movie lover and wanting to pursue that passion, but my family has always been supportive towards me about it.
Let's appreciate the fact that the dynamic between the Mitchells feels very natural and fun at the same time. Everybody has their own problems instead of one person ruining it for everybody. The bond between Katie and Aaron is very wholesome and the conflict between Katie and Rick is something we can all relate too.
And also that goddamn animation is SO GOOD! it looks like a 2D painting!
What's awesome is that it wasn't villifying either side of the conflict. Rick is just genuinely afraid of Katie being hurt from disappointment, like what he faced before. There was genuine reason for both people to feel the way they felt
I’m not sure how many people have commented on this but I feel like they handled the “big reveal” trope between Katie and Rick (the dad) incredibly well. He was visibly hurt by Katie’s lie but he did not get angry or frustrated with her... something I cannot say that every film between a parent and child does right. After feeling defeated, it jumps to Rick finally understanding his daughter and her pain... how beautiful is that?
Also, even if it was not Rianda’s intention write the characters as neurodivergent, there is so much evidence that they are (specifically Aaron, Katie, and Rick).
Just so we're all on the same page here, Eric and Deborahbot are precious little beans that deserved to be protected forever
Absolutely 100%
Yes, so true
YES
IF ANYTHING HAPPENS TO THEM I WILL RIOT
DEFEND THE BEANS AT ALL COSTS!!!! RIOT IF NEEDED!!!
Yesssssss
I swear, Phil Lord and Chris Miller turn everything they touch over at Sony into gold.
I agree
remember when everyone was skeptical about Spiderverse and this movie? well they turned out great thanks to them
I agree!
Uh, I thought it was decent like 7/10 the jokes were cringy
@@subifyouhatetiktokandreddit234 I actually laughed at every single joke, the entire movie was priceless for me. I even laughed at some moments that weren't exactly jokes. For instance, when Aaron yelled "These dinosaurs are inaccurate!", I lost it cuz I find that relatable. XD
One thing I personally liked about the movie was the portrayal of the younger brother. Now, I don’t know if this is canon or not but as someone who HAS Autism and has trouble talking to and approaching people that I think might be really cool friends, I found his side struggle with that and his clear hyperfixation on dinosaurs was an interesting way to possibly portray Autism and I ended up relating a lot to him because of that! If they were going with an autistic younger kid, I applaud them for the way they portrayed it as a thing he has rather than his only personality like some other films do.
I thought that he was on the spectrum too
Hmm, interesting perspective
Yo! I'm autistic and I totally thought he was too. :)
I'm not autistic but being someone who has researched alot of mental "illnesses" (Sorry if thats offensive) but yes I got that aswell I can do into more detail if you want.
@@unluckybrov9440 I think you can use the term "neurodivergent"! Its counterpart term is "neurotypical" :)
Ok i'm sorry but I just can't get over her calling the Mitchells the "Micheles"
Edit: Guys please stop replying I’m getting so many notifications
same, it's super distracting
I know she acknowledges this mistake at the end of the video but I really don't get how anyone can make that mistake in the first place. it kinda bothered me lol
Came to the comments to say the exact same. Probably an accent thing which slipped through and didn't want to rerecord
@@Engiflux she pronounces it correctly at the end. it was intentional
“I bet I’m not the only one who made that mistake.”
Maybe not the *only* but I’d be surprised if it was over 5%
Can we appreciate that Sony did a movie involving phone overuse that was actually good?
Yeah, the Emoji Movie was a cinematic masterpiece!
@@flytrapYTP lmfao
I’m so pleased that Sony are heading towards being this beautiful imaginative, inventive company!!!
Emoji movie was ok, but some moments make me want to puke
I really liked this movie, like a lot. But I have a feeling the humor might not age the best.
I love the fact that they clearly made Katie lgbtq+, but didn't make the story about that. It wasn't her whole personality and it was subtly hinted until the video call at the end. She wasn't written with these big stereotypes, and the character Katie was just generally written well.
yeah it was very refreshing. me and my cousin were watching it with a few younger children, and when we heard the end, I looked over, kinda confused, because generally movies where the protagonist is lgbtq+, they try and shove that whole personality down our throats.
I heard her mom ask if Jade was coming for Thanksgiving and I was like: woah
wait really she's lgbtq+ dang i did not get that
@@pranshuisdumb2908 Yep, at the end, her mom asks, "Are you and Jade official?".
@@infiniti2011 really? ok now i feel like i watched the wrong movie
I feel like I'm going insane not seeing anyone mentioning that she's saying "Michelles" and not "Mitchells"
At least that means that people watched the video before complaining.
It's not a common name where I live, so I didn't really care because I wouldn't know the correct pronunciation anyway.
michelle obama
I know I’m going crazy listening to it but also not seeing anyone else mention it
THANK YOU!!!
As a kid, I was literally the son character. I was absolutely OBSESSED with dinosaurs, I have blonde hair, MY MIDDLE NAME IS AARON, like wtf.
Wait, I have blonde hair, was obsessed with dinosaurs, and my middle name is Aaron as well.
I have brown Hair, but I am obsessed with dinosaurs and MY MIDDLE NAME IS AARON TOO??
I'm blonde, was obsessed with dinosaurs, but not named Aaron...
im none of those things
My little brother is blonde, love Dinos, and his name starts with an a.
Now this is an example of taking a bunch of familiar tropes and making them fresh and entertaining again. Katie and Aaron have one of the best big sister/little brother dynamics I've ever seen. They're not just yelling "GET OUT OF MY ROOM!" at each other. They genuinely enjoy spending time together and deeply support each other and I absolutely love that.
It was definitely a fresh air. Two siblings can hang with each other and be totally fine with it. Something so rare to see in media.
Honestly, it was getting annoying to see siblings just absolutely loathe each other in so many movies.
Sure, sometimes I want to punt my little brother into the sun, but I love him and would do almost anything for him
@KittyLover Aaliyah Yup. Closest thing was near the end, when he called her out for what she said in the restaurant, but it's more out of pain or fear than anger.
I personally have a great relationship with my little sister, and seeing something like that reflected on the big screen was really nice! And yeah, the film’s absolutely right. I put up with her talking about horses, and she puts up with my video game obsession, and it’s totally worth it.
I have a terrible relationship with my older brother, but a great relationship with my sister, who is about 10 years older than me. This movie made me want to see my sister. 😢
Also I like how Katie being lesbian is not mentioned the entire time like in other movies when it’s not really important
yeah, ,i like how "coming out' isn't her entire story -- lgbtq+ people have personalities other than coming out. it is mentioned throughout the movie (she has little heart drawings around her when she sees Jade, she talks about Jade like a crush, and she has the pride pin on her jacket throughout the entire movie, and in the end, they're dating and her mom talks to her about bringing Jade home for thanksgiving) but her "coming out" or her "struggle with being gay" isn't her only personality.
@@sofiaj9795 And it shouldn't be her only personality, because we are introduced to Katie as a character first, we look at her hobbies, her filmmaking passion, her wild creative energy, her dynamic and care she has for her brother and parents. That's what makes her compelling and likable, her S.O. is only an addition
@@Merdicano this film was better than into the spiderverse
@@kingkong9892 imo yes, it was
@@turbovirgin924 miles in spiderverse is just so idiotic. Get him off the screen. We want to see the REAL Spider-Man
Actually, now that you mention it, that title is brilliant. Mitchells with a hard ch and machines with a soft ch is similar to how unorganized and blunt the family is vs the sleekness and coolness of the robots.
It’s all in the details
Wow, you get to know something everyday
omg ur right thats such a cool detail!!! /gen
Sony 2017: joke of the animation industry (Emoji movie)
Sony 2021: Releasing some of the most creative films produced (Spider-Verse; Mitchell’s v. Machines)
also they're still doing that Popeye movie!
@@spooderman6312 actually, another company is doing that. Sony sadly left the project.
Spiderverse is 10x better than this movie
all while keeping the cartoony animated style and actually making it work in a feature film instead of making it feel like it should be a cartoon
@@subifyouhatetiktokandreddit234 perhaps. but they are both still good movies.
I wish that disclaimer about "Michelle's" was at the beginning of the video because it was seriously causing me psychic damage lol
same... I was getting so annoyed lol. even after she explained why, it still felt confusing
Same!!
I was so confused why cell was doing it until she said it
yeah
I'm 2:53 into the video and I had to come into the comments to find out WHAT THE HECK IS GOING ON bc I'm so close to closing the video altogether. glad to know there's an explanation but good lord is it driving me up the walls
"Goku is hella strong and can blitz like everyone"
"Can he beat the psycho mom from the third act of Mitchells vs The Machines tho?"
no
Yes of course
Well if he could survive the demonic beast known as "my pr0n addiction" then I'm sure he'd be fine.
"Can she beat yamcha tho?"
He cannot beat linda
something that i didn't hear being mentioned is the autistic representation, the hyperfixation of the little brother with dinosaurs, and katie stimming with her sweatshirt pullies when she put her phone down at the dinner table and so many other details and i love that the story wasn't about overcoming it, just main characters who just so happen to be neurodivergent
Aaron is my favourite character no cap
I mean fidgeting isn't just autism thing, but I can totally see how the little brother could be autistic.
@@fab5haus This is because ADHD and Autism are really similar in symptoms! I actually have both!
I remember that during the whole movie I was thinking "there's no way Aaron isn't autistic".
I really like Aaron he's a good character
My favourite scene of the movie when the blonde kid is just calling random people to talk about dinosours
@Lost family dog i dont remember at all lol
i think we can all agree that the furby scene was the resurfacing of childhood nightmares
When i watch that scene whit my sister she asked me what where those things and y toldher the furbys are Nightmare fuel
I swear to God I was actually shaking when I saw that big furby, SHAKING!
With their demonic 'dark harvest' line is most haunting
Yes and it was honestly the highlight of the movie
The subtitles were GOLD
I loves the scene where Pal was like 'Sorry I'm the problem!?' Not in the sense she wasn't causing the end of the world, and more 'Smart phones are not bad'
Also I liked how the film did confirm Katie was gay, I was suspecting she was at the begining via her voice over and it was nice to confirm it at the end.
cellphones arn't the problem, they way we use them is.
Wait she was gay?
@@destroyerofturtles5024 yeah she had a gay pride pin on her jacket and linda asked if her and jade(?) were official!
@@Mas-cm6cy
This goes well with my history teacher saying "we have the entire world in our hands, and yet we are somehow dumber". Meaning how us humans aren't really use a smartphone to its fullest potential, but do dumb things with them instead.
@@destroyerofturtles5024 I totally missed it as well.
I used to think that movies with LGBT characters who didn't shout out loud they were gay it was because they were cowards who were too afraid of openly admitting their characters are gay, however I see now that it's because it is supposedly not something that should be made a big deal out of and should be taken as just normal, and it's usually the fans who take care of making a huge deal out of it
it's both. many companies are afraid to make their LGBT characters openly LGBT in their movies because they lose money from anti-LGBT people and countries.
@@Tendo641 and they care about their money? I mean it's not like tons of other communities won't cherish it, I think it's more about being afraid of what they may say
@@EduardoMartinez-rs3bu > and they care about their money?
I mean, yeah? They miss out on quite a bit of money, you'd be surprised.
Also, you do realize most companies don't really care that much about LGBT people right? Or that if they do, it's not enough to where they care who the money is coming from and will sacrifice representation if it means missing out on it? It's sad but people are less of allies than you might think
I can see why that seems like the common narrative. A lot of studios do censor LGBT relationships/representation so if writers really want to include it, it either had to be practically unnoticeable to get that studio's approval or they would go to another studio and make the LGBT portions of the story a very big part of the story as a statement. I think making a character that is LGBT without necessarily broadcasting it as a huge part of the story is also as important as these big coming out/bigotry stories just because being LGBT is only a small part of who many real people are. Not to mention the genre, this movie being a family roadtrip and parent/child conflict where any of the characters romantic life isn't as important as those family relationships.
@@EduardoMartinez-rs3bu Love your optimism but has a reason why everyone is trying to get China to consume their products and they are very anti-LGBT, making just a button and a line makes it quite easy to erase her LGBT so they can sell the movie to anti-LGBT countries.
You need to remember companies only care for money, and now LGBT is being profitable this is why we see it more, and most companies still are very openly anti-LGBT but do not say no to LGBT people money, just look how Blizzard had a pride flag on pride month on their main twitter but for the China twitter didn't, and when the flag appeared on videos it was censored for these countries
Ok so why is everyone only talking about the comedy and animation (yes its good) but no one is talking about how they got a LITERAL PUG to voice act just for this movies pug.
Fun fact:they got doug the pug to voice monchi
When the rumbas fell off the stairs
I almost had a laughing stroke
They literally were:
We have been summoned into the field of battl-
Oh no
Oh no
Oh no
Not the stairs oh noes
This is humiliating
oh no
ouch
ouch
the pain
ouch
the pain
ouch
this is humalitating
As a student just about to graduate from high school, you wouldn’t understand how much this movie resonated with me.
I appreciate movies that are able to target multiple audiences especially when it comes to
1. Being a younger brother who has to deal with an older brother leaving for college
2. You yourself applying for college and possibly going there in the near future
3. A mom who has to understand that no family is perfect and the one you have is amazing
4. A father who must understand to let go of their child as they become an adult.
These are simplified, but my god this movie resonated with me so well, and on top of that its god tier funny makes this movie practically a blast to watch
Good luck in the university
Eyy, same situation, and yeah, this movie gets it. Bonus points 'cause I'm going to an art school, and yeah, the whole "finding your people" thing isn't too far off.
@@MaxJ.ProfessionalLilGuy Omg, you don’t know how much I liked making short films during my video class!
To be honest, this movie kind of inspired me to continue through that path in college
@Spencer Carroll if you put time and effort into it, you WILL get there and you will see yourself in the big screen
Moral of the story: Give literally every animated movie to Phil and Chris.
Sonic fans have wanted a proper Sonic movie (that’s more like the games and not live-action).
Phil & Chris could probably pull it off.
@@MusicDecomposer Some behind the scenes photos might please you.
But in this case, they only produce this, but that's okay because they got people behind Gravity Falls for this movie.
Or at least people who have the same skills as those two, and Alex Hirsch once for an animated movie
JACKSEPTICEYE'S DAD DESERVED IT LMFAO what
Eric and Deborahbot can have my soul I love them
oh absolutely
Oh yes YES same
i found one
me too
yaaaay
we won!
They and Gir are my favorite dumb robot characters.
Deborah bot 5000
I'm not sure if the writers of this film meant to do this, but I really got the vibe that basically none of the Mitchels are neurotypical- in fact, they all seem to have a different level of ASD/ADHD, which can sometimes lead to people having miscommunications between one another. I'm sure others have written more about that topic but as an ASD-ADHD mix myself, I saw a lot of familiar behaviors portrayed- and not in a bad way either, which is refreshing if they did it on purpose, given how folks like me are more often shown off either totally broken or as hyper genius
They said they didn't do it on purpose but was happy we were seeing it this way
As a Neurodivergent person myself, AGREED!! I can see SO MUCH of myself in these characters, and it's INCREDIBLE.
Okay. But those scene where the furbies were introduced was genuinely scary to me. I had nightmares of those when I was smaller and the fact they looked so realistic in this movie was sent shivers down my spine. Let alone when the big furby was introduced 😓
I'm glad Long Furby Snake wasn't so huge in popularity during the making of this as it is now because if they added that in...
@@thgritic102 I would have died-
@@thgritic102 I was literally wondering if that was what was going to show up when they spoke of their leader.
Maybe its just me but I can't believe that this movie's "theme song" is a pop banger from 2008 that I swear everyone but me forgot about
mua mua guy intencifise
Ur not the only one who remembers the song. Back when me and my twin bro were 5, that song would play on the car.
I could never forget that song, it's imprinted in my brain because of a cringy memory
Man I feel like everyone that was a kid in 2008 remembers that song, it's great
@@merylvrdm do tell? :)
The really bizarre thing was that her father waited until the night before she was leaving to talk to her about having a back up plan. Of course she needs one, but that's a conversation that they needed to have years prior.
I think they did have that conversation many times, because Katie made a Cop Dog movie about how "Sarge" thought "Cop Dog" was going to fail and didn't have a back up plan.
@@suppichan27 Possible, but her reaction sounded like it was the first time she was hearing it.
@@hunterlawrence3573 Really? It felt to me like she had heard it other times.
@@gustavowadaslopes2479 It didn't seem like she understood what he was trying to tell her. "Go for your dreams, but you need to have a backup plan. Very few succeed in this field," which is something I've heard many times growing up, is very different from "I don't believe in you, I think you're going to fail," which is clearly what she thought he meant. If they'd had that conversation before, she likely wouldn't have been so upset. Annoyed, maybe, but not upset.
@@hunterlawrence3573 I think she just didn't really listen to what he said before and took it as "you will fail" instead of "have a back-up".
Can we just take a moment to acknowledge that Linda asks if Katie and Jade are official yet and if they're both coming to Thanksgiving?
And?
MY GAYDAR WAS RIGHT I FUCKING CALLED IT
@@subifyouhatetiktokandreddit234 positive lgbt rep in kid's media :-)
@@xxoo4182 It's honestly wonderful to see
@@justjadethings9630 she literally wore a rainbow pride pin the whole time. I wouldn't call that gaydar
I can't believe they made this a Netflix original instead of putting in mainstream
With covid i think it was a wiser choice...
@@squidylose-river fair but unfortunate
The Mitchell’s vs. the machines is my favorite movie of 2021. I love how it turn a bunch of movie tropes into something original that is actually not painful to watch, my favorite scene was definitely the furby uprising and how they spoke to each other.
2021 isn't over
Yeah, I expected to be bothered with the memes and references and other stuff, but I wasn't
Glad this movie is getting praise. I remember back when it was announced, everybody kept calling this movie 'generic'.
To be fair, the initial trailer (as well as the studio demanded “One Word Title”) didn’t exactly show off the strengths of what this movie could be. And it is true that it’s core story is something that has been done time and again, but the effort it puts into displaying that story and the style it takes with its conflicts make it enjoyable even if you know exactly how every beat will go.
@@SylentVoidkeeper Exactly, the first trailer did the movie wrong.
Everyone thought the movie would fail. Boy, we were wrong. It's a masterpiece.
@@joshuajoe1419 was was the trailer like ?
@@3nowStorm Also because there's still uncertainty about moviegoing as a whole, so Sony didn't have much choice rather than just keeping on delaying. Although its still owned by them, they're still distributing it on China (because, duh)
I've been seeing movies that are just FUN lately. No heavy deep heavy stuff just some fun with some light common sense lessons that we need reminders of from time to time. That was MvM was. That what the sonic movie was. And I loved both of these movies.
when i saw MvM, i thought you ment mann vr. machine. i have been watching too much tf2
*seeing some moves*
*Moves*
*MOVES*
how could you compare this movie to sonic? this was _way_ more entertaining.
@@jclkaytwo Simple. Both had me smiling the whole time I watched it.
I REALLY appreciate the fact that katie is lesbian (attracted to women not necessarily lesbian) and that is not a defining trait they focus on. It’s just another part of her but not something she revolves around. That right there, is good representation.
EXACTLY it's so refreshing!! This is exactly the type of representation that queer/lgbtq+ people need in media, where the main character's only personality isn't "coming out".
@@sofiaj9795 much better than black morales spiderman
@@Mark-yd8qc what? I actually don't understand. How was Miles Morales' personality only that he was black or things related to discrimination against people that are black.
@@thejadedjester4935 he was just so unrealistic. Latina and black couples don't exist in the real world
@@Mark-yd8qc Yes, they do. And even then, you were correlating Miles Morales to the point that the original commenter made about it being their whole personality and stuff, when it's just a thing that he is that doesn't get brought up that much.
As someone graduating and going to film school in the fall while having a rocky relationship with my father, this movie felt like a direct attack 😭
One thing I loved about the father daughter struggle in this was that they allowed the daughter to also be in the wrong and not just the dad. That’s one thing I hate about two characters conflict is that they always wanna blame one character instead of both
the "dog, pig, dog, pig, loaf of bread" is just modern image deep learning AI
Also the making the car look like a road is just an adversarial attack on their image recognition systems. Also I love how Pal solves the dog-pig-loaf of bread image recognition glitch with the later robots
As someone who studied that I was a bit triggered by being poked fun at, but I can take a joke hahaha
I was like "is this really gonna be the solution to destroy everybody? Well okay"
My friend: hey did you Mitchell’s vs The Machine is a great movie.
Me: why yes the sky is indeed blue.
I just had brain damage trying to read this
LMAO
Hey did you Mitchell's vs The Machine
@@loading...948 same
i'm sorry but i cant stop wheezing at how you got the movie title so wrong LOL "Mitchell’s vs The Machine"
I loved Katie sm, as a fellow queer girl I found her very relatable and liked that she was able to have a supportive family and have conflict with them unrelated to her sexuality. I really liked her relationships with her brother and her mom, and I thought the running bits she had with her dad (like the wooden moose and their song) felt authentic and their reconciliation earned, even if I found some of the beats in their relationship (like the split-screen "I don't get them" conversation) too paint-by-numbers to get into. This movie was such a fun ride.
Yes, a conflict between parent and child that has NOTHING to do with being queer was so refreshing. Not to mention Katie wanting to go into an art career, and later revealing that her dad also was an artist (in woodworking) and had to give up on it for what I imagine is financial reasons after having a child was also chefs kiss. Too many of these parent/child career conflicts are cold-businessman father doesn't understand his hippie son, which made this movie so much more realistic to me.
@@Anemone_Productions way better representation than black morales. Miles is literal garbage
@@Mark-yd8qc How?
@@qwerty5684 well you know....
@@Mark-yd8qc no...
I really enjoyed this movie, especially for the animation, humor, and character interactions. Katie and Aaron's relationship was delightful as far as siblings go, and it's great how use their respective interests (film and dinosaurs) to bond with each other. Both of the parents were also likable in how they genuinely tried to connect with their kids, while also having strong personalities of their own. Oh yeah, and the robots and pug provided some of the best jokes in the film.
Speaking of dinosaurs and road trips, my mom and I went on a road trip last year and we revisited an old dinosaur tourist stop that she, my dad and I went to back when I was a little kid. Part of me loved it for the nostalgic designs, but much like Aaron, there was another part of me that wanted more scientific accuracy. It was still fun all around.
Sonys slowly evolving from one of the most hated animation studios to one of the most beloved, between this and spiderverse
One of my favorite parts
“These rockets will be outfitted with
*ZERO EXISTS*
Your flight will last
*FOREVER*
And your last destination will be
*THE BLACK VOID OF DISTANT SPACE* “
I remember when I saw the first trailer for this movie and thinking “this is visually amazing, but I think the cliche robot invasion is gonna kill this movie.” So I was pleasantly surprised that it was received so well and everyone was saying it was more than that.
One of the first movies where the main character with glasses ISN’T a nerd
Not gonna lie, she actually seems pretty nerdy to me...
@@bernardomarkuskampffdemelo4323 like more of film/arts type of nerd, not like sciences I think they meant
"Do safe stuff to pay the bills so you can make the actual original things" encapsulates most of Disney's history, especially under Walt.
My mom LOVED this movie, she loved the quirkiness and how it is relatable as hell cuz not every family is like the family they showed to be P E R F E C T. This a 10/10 movie to watch with your family
I think the stop consonant in "mitCHelles" makes the title snappier to match the snappiness of the movie.
Favorite joke was the human air attendant and The "yum yum good" from eric
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@@hicrazyedd2715 9 + 10
What I expected this film's message to be: "phone bad"
What the message actually was: "Communication is important"
So refreshing.
I'm sorry, I'm just so distracted that you're saying "Michelle's" the whole time, and not "Mitchell's".
Edit: I'm glad you mentioned it during the video, and explained it. 👌👌
Another trend I'm kinda loving about this movie is that Lord & Miller just manage to take songs youd never think work for a climax scene and just run with it and make it fit flawlessly.
First with Lego Batman (afaik),and now here too.
This movie basically did what Emoji movie failed at, and that is making a movie Gen Z's can actually relate to.
The Wi-fi bit is so actually TRUE in the world now a days...
The fact the movie actually takes place during 2020 made it way too real.
If it happened in real life and if I witnessed it I would laugh my fucking ass off
Turning off the Wi-Fi: Pal is truly evil.
@@nyabis8044 I totally thought this movie took place in the far future or the close past because of the meme culture seeming very 2010s/2000s
Yeah if internet is off for like just a few minutes, the world would burn
I can’t be the only one who remembers this movie originally being called “Connected”?
Everyone is commenting that
I think my favorite sibling dynamic is always "Hey, we're weird, let's be weird together". And it's so well done here.
I’m still disappointed that 3D movies are dying (again).
Recent movies like this one, Soul, and the beginning of the Sonic Movie all have beautiful visuals. I wonder if they’d look even _more_ beautiful in 3D.
do you mean 2D? because all of the movies you mentioned are in 3D
@@crystal_peach2855 I mean the kind of 3D where you put on glasses and it pops out of the screen. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3D_film
@@MusicDecomposer it would be difficult because of the pandemic most cinemas are closed, either way most people don’t have 3D TVs or glasses but it would be cool lol
My mom *HATED* "Scott Pilgrim vs the World", but she *ADORED* "The Mitchells vs the Machines"
I don't know what it is, but there's just something about animation that brings charm to certain kinds stories than live action does.
For example, I absolutely love Treasure Planet. It's my favorite animated Disney movie, and the vibe I get from their world building and humor is a bit similar to Guardians of the Galaxy. Yet, for whatever reason, I just can't bring myself to LOVE the latter as much.
Is it because I prefer seeing drawn characters rather than actors on screen? Is it because drawn characters are more expressive? Or maybe it's just the differing aesthetics between the mediums themselves?
I'm not sure if that's how your mom feels about the movies you've mentioned, but I'm just giving my take.
@@Nunshle_Uvmee my mom *LOVES* GotG. I don't remember how she felt about Treasure Planet (I was 7), but my parents didn't end up buying it on home video even though I loved it. That doesn't necessarily mean that she didn't like it, considering that I have two younger siblings who probably didn't enjoy it as much as I did at the time and I understand not buying a movie that only one of your three young kids will sit down and watch. That said, she probably would have bought it had she enjoyed it enough.
@@AG_KEMPER I see! I guess some movies hit differently, even if they're similar to something else we love.
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Calling it now, calling it the pronunciation of this movies name will be a Berenstain Bears style Mandela effect
I'd say the biggest praise I can give to this movie (besides that is so damn near impecable) its how it succeed in managing it's main conflict, not the robots, but the Parent-Child issue.
It's true, this conflict of "artistict child feels unsopported by their old fashioned parent (and viceversa) it's way overused, and most likely forever will be, its just a relatable issue that will be always be present throught the changing ages.
But more often than not, writers shoot their own foot by unintentionally downplaying the issue, either by actively making one of the parties the "evil" to be defeated by the "good" character that is 100% right, or by extending the conflict in a way that its hurtful for either of the characters (specially if it hurts the one the audience is supposed to root for, usually by making them behave like assholes for the sake of drama).
Where almost all pieces of media I've find themselves falling in either (or both) of these pitfalls, the Mitchells succeeds with flying colors, which it what makes the emotional parts and the bond of the family strike so hard, even if from a story stand point is both "predictable" and "unoriginal".
By starters, since the beggining of the movie both characters are present to be in the right, and in the wrong, at the same time on their own ways on a way that feels both relatable and realistic. Katie is indeed unsopported by her father on her aspirations, but she herself tends to behave unpleasantly with her father, and what seal's the deal, that she directly states "go to the campus with my people, never to return", forgetting all about her mother and her brother who always supported her.
Rick on the other hand, it's clear as day that he loves his family with all his heart, but his inherent disconect with her daughter interests and own experience at having to give up his "artistic dream" makes him shortsighted.
But what makes him work is that first, he never reaches the heights of the "fantasy forbidding father" trope, showcased by making the break of the laptop a genuine accident (instead of the usual intentional angry destruction one, like in Coco on recent memory), and that he didn't put himself on the way of her daughter's dream.
I mean, when he said that he "cancelled her flight" anyone else was scared? because I was, for a second I thought they would go with the route that he'd also cancelled her scholarship, something to be revealed at the climax of the movie to extend drama and making his character unlikeable.
But he didn't, there wasn't any twist, the intention was his expressed purpose, take her to school, but having a last memorable bonding opportunity with her, and so he did.
By making both characters flawed, yet relatable and likeable, the conflict didn't become one sided or overly simplified, and they didn't just nailed the introduction, but also de Resolution.
To start, let's talk about the catalyst to the Resolution, the video Incident. The incident on itself its pretty common, show a harsh insult or conversation in secret to other carachter to reap the fruit of discord, by making the characters forget their development on the heat of the moment due to distrust.
It's not inherently flawed, but the execution is so commonly messed up, either by making one (or both) characters unlikable with an overly assholistic behaviour, by making them dumb enough to extend the conflict at hand (like the Ford and Stand fight in the finale of GF), or just feeling either generic or artificial, the conflict it's too dumb easy to mess up.
But here, by the moment the video scene happens, we as an audience know that Katie, though her words were true to what she really thought, it was so "long ago" that by the momment of truth we are aware that she doesn't feel that like that anymore (we aren't only told that, but we also "saw" it) , she still hasn't reached her resolution, but that third perspective look with new eyes to her behavior kickstarts her realization.
Rick on the other hand, his usual role would have been to feel so betrayed that he'd fire back to his daughter (let's say, Mabel learning that Dipper decided to stay in GF), dooming them on the process, but he didn't what he felt was not betrayal, but genuine shock and sadness, completely natural to his character. He didn't intentionally nor stupidly stopped the cilinder, but the shock shook him enough to loose his grip with the lever (which was implied to be hard). And after the fact, did he scream at his daughter? did he recriminated her? did he even show the slightest bit of anger to her? No, the only thing he showed was genuine despair.
So we finally arrive to the long awaited resolution, which for both character were short, but perfect.
Katie, having come to face her own behaviour, clashing her old opinions, to her new ones, and its consecuences, is at a loss, she know its her fault, she understands that her words were her own, no one forced her to say it, heck, she didn't even need to say it, but she did, and Pal weaponized that against her.
Both her parents are captured (and as far as they know, on their way to an innevitable death), she and her brother and all alone, and for the first time on the movie, she can't cheer her brother up, she hurt her "life long friend" deeply.
Now, she watches the family tape, the tape she was unkowingly (but foreshadowed at the start) filming over, and comes to face with the truth, she used to unconditionally love her father deeply, and the two had a strong bond, but as a lot of us do when growing up, we forget. And then, she gets the payoff of the early conversation with her mother "why did he sold the house he built, his dream?".
Because of HER, for her FUTURE, as predictable as it is for the audience, the character didn't know, heck, she couldn't possibly even conceive that, her whole life she has been so fixated in her dream, that she probably couldn't even consider how someone would willingly give it up.
And yet, no matter how much Pal tried to downplayed, love really is a powerful thing.
And what absolutely nails the scene, which makes it my favorite scene, just a simply short phrase.
Again, put yourselves on Katie shoes, you've been fighting for your dream all your life, always felt alienated for your closer ones as a result, then one day you learn that one of them had the same dream as yours, but mysteriously failed at it. Nowadays you see that person, completely foreign to that goal, what would you imagine that happened to them?.
Yet, at the moment of truth, was her father bitter? NO, he was understandably sad, this was his dream after all, but when told how hard his decision is on him, his inmediate answer? "Nah, its easy", while playing with his baby daughter. And then she realizes that no matter how much she felt allienated to her father, his father never suffered a mid-life crisis on unfulfilled dreams (like Bob Parr), given the chance, he would do the same, again and again.
As a person that's currently on university, the scene reminded me how grateful I am to my parents, how lucky I am to still have them, and yet, how horribly I got to treat them at times while sorting my life on puberty.
And for a parent, I can't even imagine yet how hard the scene must hit. I watched the movie again through and adult streamer with a baby girl, when the scene ended he inmediately said "For her, I'd give up this house, though I finally have it accomodated to my needs, if it means her future, the choice in obvious", and when asked by someone on the chat "and what about how expensive is your setup", he inmediately, without a second thought answered "not as valuable as her". Not gonna lie, I almost cried.
And finally for Rick, though even shorter, was also well executed. At his lowest, he finally gets to actually “watch” one of his daughters films, and as with every piece of art, its a reflection on its creator’s heart. Its actually very sad how its shown how Katie suddenly stops doing her Dog cop voice during her monologue, since its very personal to her.
And Rick definitely saw that, he saw what scentially was a thinly veiled critique against him, and where oh so many characters inmediatelly go on the defensive, trying to justify their behaviour, he just listens to his daughter’s heart. Also helps that the video wasn’t a gratuit insult, it was a respectful take on the issue, for both sides. And so it’s believable how the father drops his despair, and when he sees his daughter in danger, he helps. So when he says to her what the “sargeant” should say on the “sequel”, it makes a very heartwarming, silly moment, the same as the family itself.
And finally the end of the film, the make or break moment, when we get so see the fruits of the development, making even the slightest wrong turn here would diminish the whole movie.
And again, when we are shown the family car in front of the university, was anyone else scared? I trusted the film, but I feared that they would back down.
Though it’s been years since GF finale, and though I’ve always felt that Dipper SHOULDN’T stay with Ford (since a great deal about his development on the series was learning to not close himself up to other people, like Ford does), the delivery forever left a sour taste in my mouth, since it came up more as a reactionary decision for the sake of Mabel (and in the situation, the rest of the world) instead of a personal, rational healthy decision, since time and time again on the series he was constantly the one doing the sacrifices.
And so, I feared they would do the same, that suddenly the daughter pulled a Dipper and say “You are MY people, I won’t leave you” and give up on the school.
But they didn’t and so we got a very heartfelt, sweet, heartwarming goodbye with the familly, seeing the strength of their newly fixed bond, and how they’d go against Pal stat as a result. Because it didn’t matter it their paths were on different directions, for they forever would be connected by their own choice. They went through robot hell, and came out better out of it, ending it in any other way would have been a betrayal of the movie themes.
Notice how specifically the one doing the calling on the end was the Mom, in contrast to how Pal declared that the most blocked calls are from mothers, and that the situation actually could lent itself to do exactly that, Katie Friends suddenly tell her that she hang out with them, but she inmediately hears the call and gives priority (without disregarding her Friends, since she told them she would catch up with them). With honesty, how many times on a situation like that we tend to ignore calls?
In short, the movie may have used already overused ideas, but executed them PERFECTLY.
I rambled more than I expected, but I can’t talk enough about how much I love this film and what it means to me, it has really become and instant top 10, or even top 5 for me.
edit1: Though I don't have anything against the 1 word title trend, cosidering to the lengths the movie goes to show Katie style and mindset, "The Mitchells vs The Machines" is definitely a title she would use, and so its the perfect title for the movie.
edit 2: In retrospective, knowing that Katie is queer actually makes her relationship to her family a lot better in the introduction on the film, since its never brought up as a point of tension in her family. Goes to show how much the family truly loves each other even before their development even began
Aaron honestly is probs one of my fave animated characters of the decade tbh
Man, my favorite characters were definitely Eric and Deborahbot 5000. They were the wholesomeness this film needed and I was so sad when I saw them get taken over by the phone again. And so happy when they came back and imbraced their individuality :D
I absolutely loved watching this movie with my family, the only thing that we thought was weird was how they voiced an adult for the boy. After we got used to it though we enjoyed every second.
There was one scene that showed Katie texting her friends and the amount of typos that were corrected with autocorrect called me out on a personal level
It's the little details that make me really appreciate this movie
I'm glad they changed the original one word title of Connected to the more creative Mitchells vs the Machines.
It was "Connected"
@@warriorseamonkey1693 fixed it. Still Mitchells vs the Machines is less forgettable than connected
@@misterzygarde6431Forgetting the original name just proves your point more lol
If you look closely you can see small lines on them making the characters 3D and 2D at the same time lol
like the borderlands lines
Or Spiderverse
7:56, I'm so happy that God watched and rated this movie.
I absolutely adore this movie!
Everything about it!
The characters, the story, the art style, the humor, the chaotic animation- it's just incredible!
And sure, maybe the plot is a bit familiar, and maybe the animation is a bit chaotic, but I feel like this movie was able to take those elements and make them work in the best way possible.
Say what you will, but in my opinion, that movie is a gem and you cannot convince me otherwise!
(Also, Eric and DeborahBot are easily the best characters in the entire movie. 😂)
A Lord and Miller film that Cellspex likes what a surprise
🤣
A Lord and Miller produced film and people are loving it? Must be a day that ends in Y
You know I feel for Katie on an emotional level... random out of no where family "bonding" trips, having 1 or more siblings to be at your side to call out family bullshit with you, finding a (nontoxic) friend group to hang out with, ect ect.
yeah the movie is very relatablefor lots of people lol and i love how they did that
@@ahemahem8106 even the reveal that she's lesbian at the end as well my sibiling's gay so it helped me even further
Gacha
At someone who has been a teenager fairly recently, I emphasized so much with the characters. They really did represent everyone in a way that was realistic and not annoying. I think the best part of the movie is that it takes a 3 dimensional look at every issue.
You must be an annoying teenager if you think this is realistic
AND THE PUG WAS VOICED BY AN ACTUAL PUG!!!
I watched this with my family it hit very personally with all of us except my younger brother. Mostly because I'm Katie's age and heading off to college soon. But also because we have a loosely similar dynamic. My dad, while not particularly into what I do (graphic design) tries to understand it to the best of his ability and my mom is just incredibly supportive with whatever I do because she's also an artist.
We all loved not only because it was a fantastic movie, but also because we know the utter chaos of just trying to understand each other.
Michelle vs. the Machines? Isn't it The Mitchells?
Did you watch the whole thing?
@@loading...948 I think the question we all ought to be asking is, did CellSpex watch the movie? They say their name...repeatedly...IN the movie. So the explanation given here really doesn’t hold up.
@@paulinadelao3259 again, did you watch the video? She says at the end she knows it's Mitchell's and not Michelle's but she prefers to call it Michelle's since it feels better to say
@@loading...948 it kinda felt weird to see her explain it at the end of the video instead of the start of the video. even though "michelles" sounds better with "machines", I really don't understand how anyone can make this mistake if they have watched the movie.
@@jclkaytwo okay I may be reading this wrong, but she did not make that mistake, she is fully aware she is saying it wrong
I went into this movie cringing so hard, expecting a "technology is bad" movie. Like, Emoji Movie opening bad. I was very pleasantly surprised. I loved that Pal pointed out the foolishness of demonising technology, as did the other characters. I appreciated the throwbacks to sci-fi movies of the past that showed the obvious fondness the creators have for the genre (PAL being a reference to HAL, for example). I did find some of the humour and internet references a little forced, but the Furby fight was honestly, a genius way to work in internet culture.
Further proof all furbies are evil... trust me!
I genuinely hope sony continues to add touches like this to their movies. It's makes them really unique and sets them apart from others.
*blinks everytime it's pronounced "Michelles" instead of "Mitchells"*
Great video! Loved the movie myself actually made a crappy day good. Smiled and laughed the whole movie through
Phil Lord and Chris Miller are the gods of animation,and this movie along with Cloudy,Lego Movie and Spider-Man in the spider verse,reminded me why.
Employer : "so.... why should we hire you ? What's your most..."
Artist : "I did Aaron's facial expressions in the Mitchells vs the Machines"
Employer : "When can you start ?"
Would they even know what that was?
This film really spoke to me as I connected with Katie and Rick's father daughter dynamic in the dynamic with my own father. Katie and I are both film school students who feel at times our father doesn't really get what we do, while Rick and my dad are two guys who prefer to work with their hands and don't really understand technology/or learn enough of it to kinda bungle their way through it enough to get where they want with it. Only difference is Katie is a new student while I graduated already, she's a lass and I'm a lad, and I didn't need a robot apocalypse to connect with my father XD
Not sure why you are calling them the Michells when they are clearly named the Mitchells. Must be a silent T thing. Still glad to hear your thoughts on this pretty great movie!
I want to bring it up because I feel like nobody else really noticed. I love how the younger brother is coded as a Nero divergent. Dinosaurs are literally his hyper fixation and his mannerisms lean towards that too. And it was really well done
one joke i remember is when their dad did the “beep boop” stiff robotic movements when the family were disguised as robots and one of the dysfunctional robots was like “that’s a hurtful stereotype about us, we don’t all act like that” lmao it felt like SUCH a jab at gen-z twitter.
Cellspex: Katie doesn’t act bitter in the first half
LS Mark: Katie acts like a b#### in the first half
i love the contrast in their criticism. its why i like watching them both
@@spooderman6312 yeah I really like to see how they both see the movie.
What did LS Mark smoke?
@@Jonathanest90s why do you ask that?
LS Mark is actually smart
Take a shot every time CellSpex forgets that there's a T in their last name
I love this movie, but part of me feels like it's only because this was absolutely tailor-made for me.
That said, of COURSE I love a movie that was tailor-made for me.
This movie feels like it really found its footing in the middle. Started a little heavy on the forced melodrama, but once it got going and they were actually having a road trip, I was hooked. I got the sense too that the family had its issues, but didn't resent each other deep down. Maybe it's personal, but I feel like it's a very genuine dynamic. Most families are like that, with good intentions, but sometimes just not expressing them particularly eloquently.
I actually liked how they characterized the father as an artist in his own outdoorsy way. While he does come off a bit bumbling and incompetent stereotypically, I do like the dimension they added to him, and I think in the end, they gave him a fair treatment, even though he was out of his element. Him being able to change and grow in fact was key to the plot resolution.
It was an altogether great film.
(Seeing this notification actually reminded me to check it out, so thank you for that. I had to watch it myself before I let this review color my opinions, but I'm glad I did. Thanks for that!)
It was a blink-and-you-miss-it moment, but the bumper stickers on the family car were gold. My fav was the explicitly pro-union one. Go back and pause to read them! It's worth it!